The two day conference will focus on the interaction of onshore and offshore in the asset recovery space. Key topics include:
- A Review of Where We Are on Director’s Liabilities
- Comparing And Contrasting the Insolvency Toolkit
- Preventing Fraud and Analysing MONEYVAL Assessment
- Legal & Regulatory Update from the Islands
- The Intersection of Trust Structures And FIRE
- Ensuring a Successful Enforcement
Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution in Guernsey, Advocate Anthony Williams will be speaking on a panel entitled “Mastering Freezing Injunctions” on Tuesday 17 June. Other panellists include Matthew Marshall, Partner at Enyo Law and Jason Woodland, Partner at Peters & Peters. Topics will include:
- The need for preserving assets during legal proceedings
- Enforcing freezing orders on the Islands
- Defending against wrongful injunction
Anthony has significant experience in many areas of corporate litigation and dispute resolution. He has a particular expertise in high value and complex commercial litigation, with particular focus on investment fund disputes, regulatory enforcement, contentious insolvency matters, asset-tracing and recovery work, and trust litigation. Anthony regularly appears in the Royal Court of Guernsey and has appeared with success on several matters in the Court of Appeal.
Isle of Man Partner, Claire Corkish will be speaking on Wednesday 18 June on the panel “Comparing And Contrasting the Insolvency Toolkit” alongside Karen Petch, Barrister at Twenty Essex, Mark Wilson, Partner and Head of Complex and International Recovery Work at Gateley Legal and Sinead Harris, Partner at Withers. The panel will cover:
- What tools do different jurisdictions have to use
- Unpacking the modernisation to the Isle of Man Insolvency Law
- Cross-border assistance
Claire has extensive experience in a broad range of commercial litigation matters. In particular, she advises on injunctive relief, search and disclosure orders, cross border mutual legal assistance actions (including anti-suit injunctions), jurisdictional issues, fund disputes and insolvency matters. Claire also advises and appears on behalf of clients in high profile take over and transfer schemes.
Also attending the conference are Appleby Guernsey Senior Associate Daisy Fakude, and Appleby Isle of Man Senior Associate Greg Chambers.
For further info on the conference and agenda visit: Thought Leaders 4 | FIRE
